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Biographical essay by Simone Salen, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Simone Salen's parents survived the Holocaust, and she describes her life as a miracle. She was reunited with her father's diary, which he kept during the Holocaust, and translated it into English.

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Photograph of Raymonde Fiol, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 17, 2016

Date

2016-05-17

Description

Raymonde "Ray" Fiol at her Summerlin neighborhood home. A Jewish Holocaust survivor whose parents were killed in Auschwitz, Fiol was hidden by a Christian family of resistance fighters during her childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris, France. She married an American service member, Phil Fiol, in 1957. Upon retirement, the couple moved to Las Vegas around 2003 and Raymonde became active in the local Holocaust Survivors Group.

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Photograph of Henry Kronberg, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 10, 2016

Date

2016-05-10

Description

Holocaust survivor and longtime Las Vegas businessman Henry Kronberg photographed at his Summerlin neighborhood home.

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Video, Generations of the Shoah interview with Henry Kronberg, by Esther Finder, 2013

Date

2013

Description

Interview with Henry Kronberg by Esther Finder. Kronberg survived the Holocaust and discusses the fate of his family, and his life in America.

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Audio clip from interview with Raymonde Fiol, August 12, 2015

Date

2015-08-12

Description

In this clip, Raymonde "Ray" Fiol talks about visiting the town in which she and her family were interned in France during the Nazi occupation, and the local woman who helped her tell her story.

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Video, Generations of the Shoah interview with Lily Tokarski, by Esther Finder, 2013

Date

2013

Description

Interview with Lily Tokarski by Esther Finder discussing her arrival in North America with her family, who survived the Holocaust.

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Biographical essay by Sasha Semenoff, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Sasha Semenoff survived several internment camps during the Holocaust, and ultimately recovered and became an entertainer in Las Vegas.

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Video, Generations of the Shoah interview with Sasha Semenoff, by Esther Finder, 2013

Date

2013

Description

Interview with Sasha Semenoff by Esther Finder. Semenoff is a Holocaust survivor, and discusses his life after he was liberated from a concentration camp in Europe in 1945.

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Video, Passing the Torch, 2012

Date

2013

Description

Compilation of interviews with Holocaust survivors and family members of survivors. The film was created by film students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with advisor Brett Levner.

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Videos, Interview with Joseph Frank, by Esther Finder, 2013

Date

2013

Description

Two versions of an interview with Holocaust survivor Joseph Frank with Esther Finder. Mr. Frank is asked about his arrival in the United States and his experiences after World War II, and finding out what happened to members of his family. He also discusses how he came to Las Vegas to be near his children.

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